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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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